GRAP Stage 1 enforced across Delhi-NCR amid poor air qualityAir quality in Delhi-NCR has dropped to a poor category. The Commission for Air Quality Management has activated Stage 1 of the Graded Resp...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'West Virginia coal miners face worsening black lung disease. A vital rule to cut silica dust exposure is in jeopardy due to Trump administr...
07 Nov, 2025, 10.30 AM IST
Adani Krishnapatnam Port moves SC against National Green Tribunal’s penalty over alleged environmental violationsAdani Krishnapatnam Port has appealed to the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's order imposing a penalty for alleged past ...
16 Jul, 2025, 07.19 PM IST
Indians are addicted to cheap coal power and it’s killing themScientists agree that coal is choking the planet—so why is it so hard for the governments to ditch?
09 May, 2019, 04.29 PM IST
Where black is the colour of life, and kids go greyWelcome to Singhrauli zone, a 150sq km area covering 269 villages, spread over Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra and Madhya Pradesh’s Singhrauli di...
02 Dec, 2018, 10.45 AM IST
RSP records "best-ever" performance in productivity in FY18With production of 3.32 mt of hot metal, RSP has posted a growth of about 7.3 per cent over the previous fiscal, it said in a release.
03 Apr, 2018, 09.49 PM IST
Pakistan's new-found coal addiction has potential to transform the country's economyThe project is one of the costliest among an array of ambitious energy developments that China is helping Pak to build as part of a $55-bn ...
22 Mar, 2017, 02.36 PM IST
Goa pollution board issues notices to Mormugao Trust, two port operatorsGoa pollution board has issued notices to Mormugao Port Trust and two companies handling coal at its terminal for allegedly causing environ...
24 Dec, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
‘Why is Maharashtra's environment department insisting port trust resume coal handling?’Maharashtra’s environment department seems to have forgotten the reason for its existence.
18 Oct, 2015, 08.05 PM IST
PPCC gives deadline to Karaikal port company to comply to directiveThe port, which was commissioned in 2009 has been handling a huge quantity of cargo. At present the port has dust suppression screens to co...
11 Jul, 2015, 06.12 PM IST
Coal India signs pact for 1,000 MW solar power projectsGoyal said that CIL has already installed 2.2 MW solar power projects in two of its subsidiaries i.e 2.00 MW in MCL and 0.20 MW in CMPDI.
08 Dec, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
Two die in Durgapur Steel Plant incident; High power committee formed to investigate cause of deathIn spite of the best of the medical treatments, both the contractors’ workers died at around 10 pm at DSP Main Hospital.
08 Dec, 2014, 01.44 PM IST
Gujarat HC asks coal handling agencies to follow GPCB guidelinesCoal would be dumped in big heaps in the open without any safeguards resulting in coal dust flying with the wind and settling in nearby are...
16 Sep, 2014, 02.07 AM IST
- Cement makers explore new fuels to replace coal
As the cement industry reels under high raw material costs and reduced coal linkages, companies are exploring alternative options such as r...
26 Jul, 2010, 02.46 AM IST
- Port Pipavav commissions environment-friendly coal yard
Port Pipavav in Gujarat, India's first in the private sector, has recently commissioned a state-of-the-art environmentally-responsive coal-...
11 Jul, 2008, 01.59 PM IST
- From coal dust to carbon credits
Scientists at University of New South Wales have turned the ash waste from coal-fired power stations into a global environmental solution w...
21 May, 2008, 07.42 PM IST
- Tata Power to take all safety measures in Orissa plant
Tata Power has allayed fears that its 1,000 MW power plant may cause air, water and noise pollution and said the thermal unit would adopt l...
11 May, 2008, 03.24 PM IST